“He was an altar boy, and what I can tell the court is that experiences as he grew up contributed to a part of his personality that he had to confront with this case.” He attended church functions,” said Cortez. Then why did he do it? Lemire’s lawyer Ezekiel Cortez in court blamed the doctor’s Catholic upbringing in Quebec. “We’re dealing with someone here who I may assume is not a pedophile and who has had no inappropriate contact with children himself even though certainly over the years he has had occasion if that had been his proclivity.” Lemire, according to the examining professionals, is not a pedophile,” said Judge Jeffrey Miller, according to a court transcript. Lemire is guilty of possession of child pornography, Dr. They wrote letters of support to the court, saying Lemire had never had any inappropriate contact with any of his patients.Īfter Lemire pleaded guilty, a judge at sentencing accepted a psychiatric evaluation showing Lemire was not a pedophile. If you call, the college will not tell you what Lemire was disciplined for, where or when it happened.īut if you Google Jacques Lemire, his story is easy to find.Īs a high-profile specialist in pediatric nephrology - the treatment of children’s kidney problems - Lemire’s guilty plea shocked the public and his colleagues at the University of San Diego. There is a brief note on his Quebec profile stating that he “was the subject, in the past, of a decision modifying his/her right to practise,” and providing a number to phone for more details. “The fact that I’m doing administrative (work), I’m not working with patients, I think (my criminal history) shouldn’t be disclosed because I’m not even close to any patient,” Lemire told the Star. Lemire says he has worked hard to rehabilitate himself and agrees with the Quebec college’s decision to keep his criminal history secret. He is one of 13 doctors the Star identified with criminal convictions in the U.S. Regulators expect doctors to tell the truth about their past. We dug them upĬanada's medical watchdogs know more about bad doctors than they are telling you His criminal history does not appear on the registry of the Quebec college.īad doctors who cross the border can hide their dirty secrets. Today, Lemire’s licence restricts him to administrative duties. Nothing would have prevented Lemire from working with children, however - the institutions category also includes child and youth protection centres. His licence restricted him to working in “institutions” and Lemire spent three years at an old-age home for retired nuns. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession and distribution of child pornography.Īfter he was released and deported to Canada, Quebec issued Lemire a new licence that allowed him to see patients. The California medical board revoked Lemire’s licence. Read more on the Star’s Medical Disorder investigation A criminal investigation confirmed he had also traded the images with others. The technician alerted authorities in San Diego, Calif., where Lemire had been treating children for 23 years. On his hard drive, Lemire had collected photos of what a judge described as “sadistic images” of “prepubescent boys” who were “engaged in sexually explicit conduct.” Jacques Lemire took his laptop to get fixed in January 2004, the technician made a disturbing discovery. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.When Dr. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater.
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